Chapter 11: Speculation

“No,” he answered relatively simply as he leaned on the back of his chair.

Troy rubbed his brow after turning off his computer before he stood up, ready to go, and glanced at the woman not so far away from him.

“Let’s go,” he uttered, and it was heard in the quietness of his office.

It did not take long before they arrived home, and the moment they stepped inside, everything was prepared. In the comfortable dining area, the maids had already prepared the dinner. After a simple dinner, Troy went back to his study to work overtime. On the other hand, Imogen. graced the living room to watch some drama. She poured herself a glass of warm water to consume the medicine she got inside the cabinet. Her throat felt the tablet running down when she took it with warm water.

“Why are you drinking medicine? Is there something wrong? Are you sick?” Troy, who came from behind, suddenly said.

It was because of his sudden appearance that Imogen’s eyes widened, and she felt a thump in her heart. She turned to look at the man she saw standing a few meters away.

“It’s fine. My stomach is acting up these days, but I can manage,” she calmly replied.

“Did v

you have it checked?” He walked closer to pour some water for himself after asking. The man did not doubt anything, mainly Imogen’s excuse at the dining table that day. “Yes, I have,” Imogen replied, her breathing hitched.

“That’s good,” he muttered while nodding his head. “But make sure to take care of yourself more in the future.”

Hearing those caring words made her feel a lump in her throat, yet all she did was nod coldly and embrace the sadness enveloping her heart.

The following day, the constant ringing of Imogen’s phone woke her up.

It was hard to open her hazy eyes in the morning, but she did so and touched her phone on the bedside table. When she glanced at the screen, she saw someone calling and quickly answered.

“Hello,” she uttered using her groggy voice.

trending everywhere!” The anxious

brows furrowed, so she asked quickly,

tablet without hesitation and went to the social media site. There she found news articles all over the platforms, one after another.

Page have

in and flipped through it. The silence was heard for a while as Imogen read the article online. Because of that, her assistant got worried and whispered, “Please

to the company. Just contact Sarah’s team and don’t respond to any of the reporters,” she

tablet, gazing at the pictures on the trending lists. It showed them going in and out of the restaurant together. Although, there was some

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Chapter 11: Speculation

there.

she knew they could release photos of the two sides of the restaurant to stir up

see,” she whispered.

when Imogen stopped him again. “Listen, you have yesterday’s group photo in your hand, right? Pick a

as soon as he heard what she wanted.

afterwards and

assistant greeted her, nervous and

you done contacting Sarah’s team? What did they say?”

hesitated but opened his mouth, “Mr. Marshall has already

pursed her lips without

Imogen emerged from the elevator and met Charlene head–on.

Someone’s doing her best to seduce him, but it seems Mr. Marshall’s not affected. I wouldn’t have the face

assistant’s face so red in rage, but Imogen was calm as ever. She pretended that she heard nothing and walked past the woman.

you even aware

paused her

going

reaction from her, Charlene smiled proudly and slowly walked up to Imogen. “You know what? He asked me to disclose to the marketing accounts that he and Miss Page were once lovers. Do you know

over her body. Her face paled, and she went to

up her phone and reopened the trending list, and now the comments below have

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